Dragon Age 2 is simply terrible. Story, characters, world, gameplay all suck. How did they drop the ball so hard?
User Rating: 3 | Dragon Age II X360
rnI loved Dragon Age Origins. Dragon Age 2 is very different from it, almost only in bad ways. Storywise DA2 is very loosely connected with the original. Warden is barely mentioned just like everything else, though there are a couple of short fun cameos. Moreover much of the lore is neglected, for example in Origins Abominations were described as the worst demonic beings in existence and there were only a few. During DA2 the player however fights dozens of Abominations. It really devalues their significance, and if mages are willing to reject their humanity so easily I just can't side with them, although otherwise I feel they're harshly oppressed and templars are the villains.The story of the game itself has 3 loose and incoherent acts with focus on templar oppression over mages. The concept is original and refreshing when mages are made out to be a threat instead of the usual saviors, but execution is half-assed with a simplistic conflict and a bunch of shallow sub-plots. Aside from that there are no proper sidequests, which are replaced with eavesdropping fetch quests that absolutely suck, you find an item and give it to a person and that's it. Game area is also awful centering just on 1 ugly barren city with a couple of small dungeons and such wilderness areas that are used over and over and over.rnrnSome people like the new more active combat, but I hated it. It's just about smashing attack button with special moves thrown out as soon as possible. What completely ruins the poor system is the waves of spawning enemies. Even the smallest of fights becomes dragged and there is almost no planning or strategy possible with enemies appearing everywhere. This is the first game ever in which I decided to lower the difficulty to easiest possible even though I didn't get stuck, but I just wanted to shorten the battles. There are also less skills and customization options than in Origins, although the tree structure is a nice touch.rnrnOn the positive notes Bioware still knows how to write characters, sort of. Especially player's right hand, a dwarf named Varrick is great carrying much of the game by himself. Not every character is good though, and romances are absolutely terrible compared to what Bioware has done in the past. Another upside was how surprised I was at the end when I had troubles deciding when the time of the big decision came. The point-of-no-return was set up well and from there on the game got kind of interesting. At the very end I was even looking forward to seeing more despite all the flaws in DA2. The big choice and ending still were nowhere near the quality of the Origins counterparts.rnrnSummary: Dragon Age 2 is mostly terrible. It looks bad, it sounds bland, story is disconnected and retconning, gameplay is yawnworthy and the world is abysmally lazy work. None of the big things work. It has almost nothing to do with the superb original game. However there were some good scenes and conversations, which prevented this from being completely unplayable. In the end though they managed to have me intrigued enough to wish for Dragon Age 3, but if it looks to be of the same rushed quality I'm not buying it even for 5€. This game just feels rushed and obsolete, there was no reason to make this game other than to milk gamers.rnrn*rn3/10rnrnWishes: Just forget all about this irredeemable game aside from the story and characters. Take Dragon Age Origins and build a proper sequel from there, perhaps include a few of the good DA2 characters. But if you don't have a worthwhile story or gameplay improvements to offer just save everyone the trouble and don't make more Dragon Age.
what is wrong with the game then? or this site?
i dunno
